A STUNNING Brookside actress has barely aged despite two decades passing since her stellar soap role.
The Channel 4 star, 45 – who also featured in adverts for Halifax bank during her acting career – now has a very normal job.
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A Brookside actress has barely aged two decades since her stint on the soapCredit: Rex
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Tiffany Chapman, top, played Rachel Jordache in the Channel 4 showCredit: Rex
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The screen star sported sleek brunette locks in a shoulder-length styleCredit: Rex
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Tiffany, now Tiffany Eglin, right, showed off her fresh-faced look at a recent party with her former co-starsCredit: Instagram @alexfletcher00
Tiffany Eglin, formerly Tiffany Chapman, played Brookside’s Rachel Jordache.
The brunette actress, who kept her locks in a shoulder-length style, enjoyed two stints on the soap, firstly between 1993 and 1996 then returning in 1997 for six years.
She starred in Emmerdale prior to finding fame in Brookside, with her character suffering a difficult family life and arriving on the show in a safehouse facility.
She was abused by her father Trevor and barely saw her mum Mandy – with her sister Beth also passing away in prison.
Yet Trevor, played by Bryan Murray, eventually died at the hands of Mandy, who proceeded to bury him under the patio.
Her character went on to marry Mike Dixon and have a baby, and she left the soap in 2003 when it came to an end.
Later in her career, Tiffany took on a role in rival soap Hollyoaks in 2007, and has also starred in Doctors.
Back in 2016 she changed tack, opting to play a Halifax bank teller in an advert for the company.
She starred alongside cartoon Top Cat who arrived in-branch begging for money.
Now, Tiffany has shunned small screen fame for a completely different career.
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She works as a dental receptionist at the Apollonia House Dental and Healthcare facility in Oldham – yet looks completely the same.
Her profile picture on the company’s website shows her side-profile, flashing a beaming smile.
Another Instagram snap, taken to celebrate her Brookside co star Vince Earl’s 80th birthday sees her fresh-faced glow.
She has kept her brunette locks a similar length, wearing her hair in a half-up style, and vamped her look with thick black eye make-up.
Darkest soap storylines
Over the years the likes of EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street have all tried to try outdo each other with their outlandish plots in a bid to keep us tuning in each week. But here are some of the darkest that had fans in shock…
EastEnders: Tony grooming Whitney (2008-2009) – Tony King first appeared in Albert Square in 2008 as the boyfriend of Bianca, played by Patsy Palmer. But it was quickly revealed he was a paedophile who had been grooming vulnerable Whitney, Bianca’s adopted stepdaughter from a previous relationship, since she was 12. The shocking storyline attracted more than 200 complaints within a week of it beginning. Whitney waited until her 16th birthday to reveal the truth to a horrified Bianca, who called the police.
Emmerdale: Holly’s drug addiction and shock death (2010-2016) – In 2010, Holly Barton (played by Sophie Powles) became Emmerdale’s first teenage drug addict. The shocking storyline saw her taking cocaine on a night out before developing a deadly heroin habit. Parents John and Moira desperately tried to help get their daughter clean but when Holly returned in 2016, following a four-year absence, she quickly relapsed. Fans were left stunned and heartbroken when distraught Moira found Holly dead in her bed from a heroin overdose.
Hollyoaks: Luke’s rape (2000) – Actor Gary Lucy was just 17 when he took on this groundbreaking storyline, which saw his character Luke Morgan become soap’s first male rape victim. Luke had endured a long-running bullying campaign by football rival Mark Gibbs – who raped him after Luke stood up to him. Luke was left suicidal following the brutal attack, before opening up to his brother Adam. Gibbs was sentenced to eight years in prison. Gary won the Best Actor gong at the British Soap Awards in 2000 for his performance.
Coronation Street: Evil Richard Hillman (2001-2003) – Just a mere mention of ‘Richard Hillman’ is enough to send a shiver down the spines of soap fans. He is often ranked one of the most evil soap villains and it’s not hard to see why. The smooth-talking financial adviser bashed his ex-wife Patricia over the head with a shovel. In a bid to keep his mother-in-law Audrey quiet, he set fire to her house. And when Maxine caught him trying to murder Emily Bishop, he took a crowbar to her head. He made his exit from the cobbles in 2003 when he drove Gail Platt, played by Helen Worth, and her family into the canal. They survived, but he didn’t.
Off-screen, Tiffany married husband Jonathan Eglin in 2002.
The couple announced their engagement in 2001 with a magazine shoot.
Tiffany is also the daughter of former footballer Les Chapman, 75, a former football player and manager.
